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Chapter 42: Inviting Guests and Bartering
"Uncle, have a smoke."
"No need, no need, I have cigarettes. You're being so polite, you'd think we'd done you a huge favor."
"That's right, we're just here to freeload, how could we possibly take cigarettes? Take them back."
"Uncle, since we've already bought it, please take it and smoke it."
Lin Chuan stuffed the cigarette directly into the other person's pocket. The other person's hands were full of water, so he couldn't refuse and accepted it.
"Wow, Red Golden Dragon! Xiao Chuan, you're something else, so impressive."
"You're still a student, what are you doing offering cigarettes and messing around? Take them back right now."
Twelve packs of cigarettes were given out, and all sorts of things were said during the process, but Lin Chuan just smiled and didn't say anything.
Lin Chuan was still a student and didn't smoke, and since he was at Wang Hu's house, it was somewhat inappropriate for him to offer cigarettes.
But he had already decided not to study anymore; he needed to change other people's impressions of him through some small things.
He will definitely be the head of the Lin family from now on. He needs to let others know that he is an adult and can no longer be treated like a child.
As for Wang Hu's house, that was fine. He didn't offer Wang Hu cigarettes, but just threw the remaining half of the carton into Wang Hu's room.
Looking outside, Lin Xue and Wang Yan were already handing out snacks to the children.
Knowing there was still some at home, they weren't stingy; if others took too little, they would even give them a little more.
Everyone's face was beaming with smiles. Two of the four pigs had already been slaughtered, and the other two were being watered. The women were turning the pigs' intestines inside out.
Seeing that everyone was busy, Lin Chuan went to the kitchen. Thanks to someone bringing a stove to boil water, the kitchen stove was finally free.
Lin Feng always appears when Lin Chuan needs him.
He started the fire, and Lin Chuan cooked the dishes.
Lin Chuan cut off a large chunk of meat and sliced it, then cut off a chunk of pig liver and a chunk of pig lung.
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Lin Chuan doesn't usually eat pig liver and lungs, but he finds them quite delicious when they're freshly slaughtered.
Fresh meat doesn't need to be blanched. Just stir-fry the meat in oil until it changes color, then add the pork lung and water, and start simmering.
When it's almost done cooking, add pork liver and pickled vegetables. He ate pork and pickled vegetables last night and thought it was pretty good, no worse than pork and sauerkraut.
Once the pig outside was slaughtered, a large pot of stew was also ready, containing tofu, wood ear mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, and some fresh vegetables.
Lin Chuan tasted it and found it even better than what he made last night.
After the meal was prepared, Lin Chuan set up a table in Wang Long's room, served a bowl of vegetables, and then served a bowl of rice.
Then he called Lin Feng, Wang Liang, Lin Xue, and Wang Yan in.
As for those outside, he told Zhang Jinmei to take care of them.
With so many people, there won't be enough seats, and figuring out how to arrange them is a real headache. Let's leave this to someone else.
"Phew, Chuanzi, I've always heard Yanzi say you're a good cook, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect it to be true."
Wang Long, who had previously said he had no appetite, ate two large bowls of food after the dishes were served, and was about to eat a third bowl, showing no sign of having no appetite at all.
"Damn it, Dragon Prince, eat less. There's no more food left. Leave some for me."
"Go get some food if there isn't any. I'm a patient now, you can't not let a patient eat their fill."
"There are so many people outside, why don't you go and get some? You're a patient, patients should eat less. Anyway, you're not working this afternoon, it's a waste if you eat it."
"Holy crap, Chuanzi, listen to what he's saying! Does he even speak human language?"
Lin Chuan smiled without saying anything. Anyway, he was full. Two of the bowls he brought in were vegetable bowls, each one equivalent to two small bowls.
Lin Feng had seen Lin Chuan deliberately reach for the bowls of food at the bottom, so he quickly grabbed one as well and was now eating it slowly and deliberately.
As for Lin Xue and Wang Yan, even if those two are shameless, they would never try to steal food from them.
The two argued and bickered, but finally reached an agreement to split the remaining rice in half.
Neither of them wanted to be seen by outsiders and openly go out to get rice.
"Chuanzi, I heard that you brought back that wild boar weighing over a thousand pounds today all by yourself."
Lin Chuan rolled up his sleeves, revealing his biceps, struck a pose, and smiled smugly:
"How about that? Pretty impressive, huh?"
"Wow, bro, tell me how you're so cute! I want one too!"
As the two men were talking, they reached out and touched Lin Chuan's hand, which startled him so much that he quickly lowered his sleeve and moved away from them.
The group was joking around when someone knocked on the door. When they opened it, they found it was their mother.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Someone wants to buy meat, what price do you think would be appropriate?"
"Hmm~, pork in town is two yuan and fifty cents, let's sell it for two yuan and twenty cents, Mom, you decide how to sell it."
"Oh, right, Mom, tell them we don't offer credit, but they can exchange items for it."
"Change to what?"
"Anything is fine. Just have Uncle Wang give you an estimate, and it would be best to get more cured meat in return."
Lin Chuan loves to eat cured pork, but unfortunately, his family slaughtered a pig for the New Year, sold most of the meat, and the remaining cured pork, including what they had for guests and occasional consumption, amounted to less than ten catties. He hasn't been able to eat it since they came back.
Six people slept sideways on one bed, and I woke up at a little after three o'clock.
They woke Lin Feng up, carried Lin Xue home, and only then discovered that their mother hadn't slept at all; she was tidying up.
"Mom, what did you change?"
Lin Chuan asked curiously, and his mother was clearly delighted, counting the items one by one:
"Curned pork, rice, eggs, dried bamboo shoots, wood ear fungus, daylily buds... we traded away two or three hundred catties."
"Two or three hundred pounds, then there probably isn't much meat left."
"Yes, more than 100 jin were distributed, and the meat was sold for 200-300 jin. Each of the two families gave 20 jin, so there are still about 130 jin of meat left."
"Hmm, about a hundred pounds of meat. Xiao Feng, go find Liangzi later, and you two can make a trip there tomorrow morning. Also, return the car while you're at it."
"Brother, should we take the fish trap or not?"
"You and Liangzi can make the arrangements."
"Okay, sure."
"I won't let you work for free; I'll give you 20%."
Before Lin Feng could show any joy, his mother spoke up:
"Why give him money? Don't lose it. If you want money, just tell me. It's not like I won't give it to you."
"Mom, Xiaofeng is all grown up now. He should carry some money with him in case he needs it urgently."
"I just gave him ten yuan a few days ago, and you still have several hundred yuan on you."
Well, things have gotten this far. Lin Chuan gave Lin Feng a helpless look. If they kept talking, he'd have to hand over his money too.
He wasn't bothered by the money; he had several thousand on him. But if he wanted to spend it, he needed a reason. A few hundred dollars was hard to calculate, and he could secretly spend a lot more than he should.
"Mom, I'm planning to get someone to repair a few rooms and furnish them tomorrow. What do you think?"
"House? Why are you repairing the house?"
"Mom, smoking pig's head and intestines requires a whole room. It's not good to just wrap it with nylon paper all the time. What if it catches fire?"
Hearing Lin Chuan say this, his mother thought about it but didn't say anything. She had noticed it herself these past few days.
Lin Chuan is determined; he will definitely do what he wants to do.
Most importantly, he still had a few hundred yuan on him, which he could spend on something worthwhile.
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